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Keeping your Linux system safe

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Recently, Lee Brian wrote a great article about her own Linux story in My Dad, Linux and Me. In some of the comments to that article, a discussion of viruses and Linux emerged. While most of the Linux community would agree that viruses are less of an issue in Linux than some other operating systems, there are some people we share files with who are affected by viruses and other malware. read more

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Comments (3)

JaseP ·
Why this big push for AV??? Two articles in the last 24 hrs... And still no known widespread desktop Linux viruses/malware in the wild... Tech writers must be desperate for clicks...
jdixon ·
> Why this big push for AV??? Two articles in the last 24 hrs... And still no known widespread desktop Linux viruses/malware in the wild... Tech writers must be desperate for clicks...

AV sellers advertise. Linux distro's, by and large, don't.
CFWhitman ·
Well, to be fair, the article is about a non-commercial anti-virus application (ClamAV), and it seems to focus more on using Linux to prevent infection of Windows and OS X machines.

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